{"id":1561192,"date":"2022-07-19T12:35:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1561192"},"modified":"2022-07-19T12:35:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:35:45","slug":"fact-check-its-always-great-to-hang-out-with-brilliant-and-talented-taylor-lorenz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-its-always-great-to-hang-out-with-brilliant-and-talented-taylor-lorenz\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: It\u2019s \u2018Always Great To Hang Out\u2019 With \u2018Brilliant and Talented\u2019 Taylor Lorenz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-its-always-great-to-hang-out-with-brilliant-and-talented-taylor-lorenz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1561192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/\">Satire<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Glenn Kessler&#8217;s bold claims lack context, evidence, credibility <\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 July 19, 2022 12:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <em>Washington Post<\/em>\u2018s\u00a0executive fact-checker on Monday made a number of bold assertions involving a fellow journalist. &#8220;Always great to hang out with the brilliant and talented @TaylorLorenz,&#8221; Glenn Kessler <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennKesslerWP\/status\/1549033423628550144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter, the social networking platform, &#8220;a terrific addition to the @washingtonpost staff.&#8221; The tweet included a photo of the two journalists posing in pandemic-era face masks and casual business attire.<\/p>\n<p>Kessler&#8217;s comments are worth unpacking with an aim toward enlightening readers who rely on our expertise. As the <em>Post<\/em>\u2018s chief arbiter of truth, Kessler has established himself as a cultural influencer who drives the conversation both within the Beltway and beyond. His words should be taken seriously as well as literally. Anyone who practices journalism, one of America&#8217;s most noble professions, carries a burden of great responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/fact-checkings-final-frontier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>READ MORE: Fact Checking&#8217;s Final Frontier<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0will never stop holding members of the media to account. A rigorous standard is necessary to ensure they don&#8217;t abuse their power by peddling misinformation to vulnerable American consumers. When no one else has the courage to fact-check the fact-checker, we will. Please enjoy the following thoughtful analysis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLAIM #1<\/strong>: <strong>&#8220;Always great to hang out with \u2026 Taylor Lorenz.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERDICT<\/strong>: <span>Not credible<\/span>. Because in the attached photo we are unable to see the expression on either journalist&#8217;s face, a more decisive assessment is not possible at this time. The evidence we do have suggests Kessler is exaggerating at best. Lorenz is obsessed with the internet. She has a history of <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/taylor-lorenz-age-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lying about her age<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/taylor-lorenz-birthday-celeb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partying with teens<\/a>. As several of her colleagues have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/taylor-lorenz-meme-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">observed<\/a>, she says a lot of &#8220;cringey&#8221; things like &#8220;I&#8217;m the most online reporter that you can find&#8221; and &#8220;Younger people recognize the power of having their own brand.&#8221; She wears a brand-name N95 mask and keeps the thermostat at 87 degrees. She might be a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/taylor-lorenz-lizard-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lizard person<\/a>. Those aren&#8217;t traits one typically associates\u00a0with a &#8220;great&#8221; hang.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLAIM #2<\/strong>: <strong>&#8220;Brilliant and talented.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERDICT<\/strong>: <span>Insufficient evidence<\/span>. When making such a bold assertion in a public forum one has a moral obligation to provide supporting evidence. Kessler neglected to do so in this case, which suggests he knows the statement to be false. That&#8217;s not necessarily a crime; he wasn&#8217;t under oath. Nevertheless, given his role as a professional fact-checker it seems reasonable to assume a nefarious motive. Misinformation is the single greatest threat to our democracy. In this case, Kessler has misrepresented his personal opinion as a statement of objective fact. That&#8217;s dangerous. Even if it were technically true\u2014which it&#8217;s not\u2014the fact-checker&#8217;s words might be seized upon by Facebook grannies and other social media users to promote their political agenda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLAIM #3: &#8220;A terrific addition to the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VERDICT<\/strong>: <span>Missing crucial context<\/span>. This is another example of Kessler peddling misinformation by exploiting the American&#8217;s public inability to distinguish true fact from subjective opinion. He neglected to explain the metrics by which he has assessed Lorenz to be a &#8220;terrific addition&#8221; to the <em>Post<\/em>, and declined to consider the dissenting views of other journalists who despise her self-promotional approach to brand-focused influencing.<\/p>\n<p><em>New York Times<\/em> reporter Maggie Haberman, for example, did not appreciate Lorenz publicly dissing the <em>Times<\/em> for failing to allow &#8220;influencer journalists&#8221; to build their brands. &#8220;Is there something going on in the world other than the desire of some folks to get more attention?&#8221; Haberman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maggieNYT\/status\/1499450934111449090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in early March, referring to Russia&#8217;s recently launched invasion of Ukraine. Lorenz, who worked at the <em>Times<\/em> before joining the <em>Post<\/em>\u00a0earlier this year, reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/taylor-lorenz-meme-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> Haberman a &#8220;bitch&#8221; for questioning her obsessive coverage of a 15-year-old&#8217;s social media posts.<\/p>\n<h2>FINAL RATING: 3\u00bd CLINTONS<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1492038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.5-clintons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.5-clintons.jpg 900w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.5-clintons-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.5-clintons-768x172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/3.5-clintons-736x164.jpg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satire Glenn Kessler&#8217;s bold claims lack context, evidence, credibility  Andrew Stiles \u2022 July 19, 2022 12:30 pm The Washington Post\u2018s\u00a0executive fact-checker on Monday made a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1561192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1561192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1561192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1561192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1561192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1561192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}